I come from a family of right-wingers so I get blasted daily with all the conspiracy BS. Today, I read something on George Takeis FB page and thought this is so eloquently put it needs to get out there.

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I believe, sir, in the rule of law. Hillary was accused of wrongdoing in many instances, but no charges were brought. No evidence has ever withstood scrutiny. All of the power of Congress and all of the money and ambition of the GOP failed to produce a single instance of any illegal act. I will only call a person a criminal if the law has through due process been applied and the person adjudicated guilty. To do otherwise is to dishonor the values of our founders and to make a mockery of our system. The accusations you hurl are just that accusations. No doubt they were cooked up in a partisan wet dream of epic proportions by the alt-right and gleefully shared by the reactionary twitterati until some ambitious Congressional aide decided it would make for great fodder for Fox News talking points for the Tea Partys reelection chances. But they are not the truth, they never were the truth, no one could ever prove them true, and therefore I will give them the short shrift they undeniably deserve.

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I have been saying it for years but RW people CANNOT hear. We are governed by laws, not opinions. If the evidence is not there after investigation, a person is not charged. If a person is not charged, they are not tried. If they are not tried, they cannot be found guilty. No matter what FOX says. If the evidence does not exist it is because it does not exist.

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Millions of dollars of our money has been spent on RW conspiracies, dozens of congressional investigations, multiple FBI, Justice Department, NSA and private investigators,special prosecutors, hundreds of hours of testimony, millions of documents reviewed and there is no evidence no matter how many rocks they try to claim exist. That is not above the law that IS the law.

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The 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th an 14th Amendments protect us from the publics opinions and force our culture to rely upon actual facts, evidence, testimony and documentation and lawful procedures. Not conspiracy theories. Not pundit opinions blasted 24/7/365 into our living rooms. Not righteous indignation fueled by misinformation and fear mongering and irrational hatred.

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We are entitled to think whatever we want, no matter how misinformed, but we cannot convict or lock up anyone just because we dont like them or because people paid to lie continue to lie about lying and get our dander up. Clinton is not above the lawthe people screaming to lock her up in defiance of the law are the only ones claiming that position.

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Defiance of the law..no matter how right you think you areis breaking the law. Testifying, turning over documents, participating in multiple investigations, giving hundreds of thousands of documents to dozens of law enforcement agencies, testifying multiple times without immunity and waiving your RIGHT to keep silent in order to comply with investigations is called DUE PROCESS.

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Demanding that a person be convicted based upon your opinion despite the evidence is called mob rule.

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Telling lies to convince people that the lies are true often enough that you begin to believe your own lies is pathological.